Tag: Consumer Price Index
Govt to tap e-tailers, online sources for price data in new CPI series
The government proposes to include online sources as well as e-commerce platforms to compute retail inflation in a bid to substantially improve reliability, accuracy, and…
GST reforms may reduce retail inflation by 35 basis points in 2025-26: SBI report
The decline in Consumer Price Index (CPI) or retail inflation due to massive GST rate rationalisation has been around 25 bps so far in the…
Nov retail inflation rises a tad to 0.7%
New Delhi: Retail inflation edged up slightly to 0.71% in November, from a record-low of 0.25% in October, as food deflation narrowed, official data released…
India’s retail inflation rate rises to 0.71% in November 2025| Business News
India’s inflation rate accelerated from record lows but came in under the RBI’s inflation target for the third consecutive month. A vegetable market in India….
Delhi’s inflation stayed below national average in 2024, shows govt report
Delhi recorded a lower inflation rate than other major metro cities and the national average last year, driven largely by a sharp decline in the…
Volatile nature of food prices pose challenges to inflation forecasting, says RBI’s Poonam Gupta
Kolkata: Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Poonam Gupta on Wednesday said that the high weightage of food in the Consumer Price Index and the…
ET Graphics: October inflation eases to record low after GST cuts
Prices dropped in October following the recent goods and service tax (GST) rationalisation. The reduction in GST rates, from 12% to 5% and 28% to…
Inflation hits decade low of 0.25% in October; rate cut hopes rise ahead of RBI’s December MPC meet
New Delhi: India’s retail inflation dropped sharply to 0.25% in October, the lowest level since the current series began in 2013, driven by lower food…
Housing index: Rural rent in, staff accommodation out
The housing index in the new inflation series will include rural areas alongside urban centres, but exclude government and employer-provided accommodations as they don’t reflect…
Retail inflation expected to decline on high base and GST reform impact in October: Report
India‘s retail inflation is expected to decline further in October 2025, driven by a high base effect, delayed seasonality in food prices, and the full…